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THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."
Vince Lombardi
FACT OF THE DAY
Dick Wilson ran for the 1953 national champion cross country team. That was the only time cross country won a national championship.
2009 Jayhawk Cross Country Media Guide
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many team cross country conference champion ships has Kansas won?
A: 19. Most recently the 1969 Big Eight championship.
2009 Jayhawk Cross Country Media Guide
Q&A with Tech N9ne and Krizz K
MORNING BREW
happens tech N9ne and Krizia Kaliko are returning to Lawrence Friday when they bring their uncompromising and frenzied music to The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St.
The two have been performing together for more than 10 years, making it a point to visit Lawrence during each tour.
We touched a lot of bases in our 35-minute exchange, plenty of which is extracurricular to our original subject.
I caught up with the two over the phone a few weeks ago while working on a special section The Kansan is putting together this fall about the Border (Showdown).
On their pre-concert ritual in Lawrence:
KB: "We'll go to Buffalo Wild Wings and then after the show we go to Chipotle and have a margarita and a burrito bowl. That's it man. We just relax and grab some food. Say our prayer before we go out there and when we go out
there we tear the roof off."
On Kaliko's album "Genius," released in July.
TN: "Total dark album, you know what I'm sizzling. It's my darkest album yet. I've always had dark songs on my albums, but this album in its entirety is dark and it's powered by my mother's lupus and epilepsy. It's powered by me questioning God, like how could you hurt this angel like this and be such a God if there is a God. There's a song called "Show Me A God" at the beginning of it and it's me being confused.
KK: "I'm a student of music, man, so I learn from a lot of people. I learned from Tech — he was annihilating people when he got on songs. He kind of taught me to be ultra unique. Plus, I pay attention to every genre of music. I felt like mixing up all those genres, which is how I came up with the Funkra, which is: Funk, rap, rock, R&R, reggae and opera. It's just putting all those different styles — which we've already done on several Tech projects — into one big musical gumbo. I feel like I've got to get better and better all the time."
This concert is part of a tour supporting Tech N9ne's upcoming album, "K.O.D.," scheduled for release Oct. 27.
So the dark album came about and the tour is going to be in support of the dark album. The theme on stage is going to be pretty creepy. I don't want to give it away but I saw the layout for the stage setup and it looked like the front of a fucking graveyard. So here we go. 'K.O.D.,' wish I could say what it stood for but we're having a contest to see if the fans can guess it around album
time. I just finished the album last week and it was a hard one to do because I had no idea whether the negative energy would affect my life and it did. I had a dark cloud around me and I had it for awhile and I'm slowly coming out of it."
Tickets for the 9 p.m. event are still on sale for $35.
against Northern Colorado: He was used on passing situations and on third down. Mangino said Woods won't see more time until he demonstrates more consistent ability on the practice field.
FOOTBALL Defensive end not ready to contribute full-time
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Junior defensive end Quentin Woods arrived at Kansas as a player expected to have an immediate effect. So far, Mangino said that hasn't been the case.
— Mangino said senior defensive tackle Caleb Blakesley's move from starting defensive tackle to the second-team on the depth chart is purely performance - not health - based.
Other defensive line notes:
"His progress has not been as fast as I'd like," Mangino said. "Right now he is not in a position to make an impact for us."
started ahead of Blakesley for his first career start. Mangino said Dorsey started because "he plays harder than a lot of guys that have more talent than he does.
— Sophomore Patrick Dorsey
Woods plaved sparingly
An agile athlete
Jayson Jenks
MEN'S BASKETBALL Self excited for Showcase rematch against Memphis
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self spoke at Scottrade Center in St. Louis Tuesday about participating in the Hall of Fame Showcase and a 2008 championship rematch with Memphis
Scotttrade Center will host a doubleheader Nov. 17, Louisville playing against Arkansas followed by Memphis and Kansas. The rematch will be different this time since previous Memphis head coach John Calipari took the head coaching job at Kentucky. Plus, freshman guards Xavier and C.J. Henry both were at one point committed to Memphis, adding a little intrigue.
"I am sure there will be some incentive there but I can't imagine that there will be any hostility," Self said. "But that will be a big game for those two players but that's not something that will affect how we approach things."
Despite the extra story lines Self is glad to be a part of this event.
"I am excited about our team and I think we have a chance to be pretty good if things fall right," he said. "I am really excited about being a part of the Hall of Fame Showcase, which has James Naismith's name on it. That means a lot to all Kansas fans since he was our first basketball coach."
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air matches from the wheelchair tournament, he should be granted access. A judge denied that request.
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
TODAY No event scheduled
FRIDAY
Volleyball
North Texas, 5
p.m.
Fayetteville, Ark
Tennis
UNC-Wilmington
Tournament, All
Day, Wilmington,
N.C.
Soccer Denver, 2:30 p.m. Colorado Springs Co.
SATURDAY
Cross Country
Missouri
Cross Country
Challenge,
Columbia, Mo.
Tennis
UNC-Wilmington
Tournament, All
Day, Wilmington,
N.C.
Volleyball Jacksonville State 1 p.m. Fayetteville, Ark.
Football at Texas-El Paso, 6:30 p.m. El Paso, Texas
Volleyball Arkansas, 7 p.m. Fayetteville, Ark.
SUNDAY
fennis
UNC-Wilmington
Tournament, All
Day, Wilmington,
N.C.
Soccer
Colorado College,
3:30 p.m.
Colorado Springs,
Co.
Coach Mark Mangino said the young line looked solid for a season opening game.
Originally recruited as a tight end, Hawkinson moved to defensive line last year before settling in at left tackle before this season. He is now responsible for protecting quarterback Todd Reesing's blind side.
In the first game of the season, Hawkinson and the rest of the offensive line fared well. The Jayhawks didn't allow a sack.
"Nobody graded outstanding and nobody graded poorly." Mangino said. "It was a good first night for them."
FOOTBALL
FOOTBALL Young offensive solid during first game
Freshman offensive lineman Tanner Hawkinson is quick to admit that he was nervous before the first game of the season against Northern Colorado on Saturday. But he said after the first snap, everything settled back to normal.
"After the first couple of plays you get in a game groove." Hawkinson said.
—Jayson Jenks
KNITTING CLASSES
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